Jon Skinner

Over 15+ years I’ve helped eight of the top twelve global investment banks define and deliver critical business and operational strategy changes. From a grounding in large-scale financial services IT reengineering at Accenture I went to Barclays in capital markets IT strategy and OTC platform implementation and then became an equity partner at m.a.partners. Since the successful trade sale of m.a.partners to BEA systems, I've focused on independent consulting helping banks and market utilities respond to the requirements and incentives on securities and derivatives resulting from Dodd-Frank and Basel III reforms. A particular theme has been the new commercial economics of securities and derivatives trading resulting from funding and capital impacts of Basel III capital and liquidity measures in combination with mandated OTC clearing, SEF trading and bilateral margin.

I hold an MA (Hons.) in Mathematics from Cambridge University including undergraduate degree and Part III.

Posts by jon_skinner:

  1. 13 Oct 2026, Q3 cross-currency volumes were 26% below Q1 while BGC, ICAP, and Tullett Prebon gained market share
  2. 07 Oct 2026, Q3 D2D platform rates swaps: Tullett Prebon and electronic platforms gain share
  3. 30 Sep 2026, Large swings in Q2 FX IM optimization shares
  4. 23 Sep 2026, Record Q2 2026 CCP IM for ETD
  5. 16 Sep 2026, Derivatives innovation: H1 2026 Eris swap futures exceed 10% of MAC SOFR swaps
  6. 09 Sep 2026, Q2 FCM customer seg: large US banks gave up 4+% combined YoY
  7. 02 Sep 2026, Q2 rates compression: D2C platforms share up 5.9% YoY
  8. 26 Aug 2026, Q2 swaption volumes: BGC share down 6.1% YoY
  9. 19 Aug 2026, Tradition’s reset runs grab 15% of D2D platform FRA/SPS
  10. 12 Aug 2026, Q2 equity TRS activity powers ahead YoY  – USD +134%, Chinese currencies +148%
  11. 05 Aug 2026, Rates derivatives CCP shares show mixed Q2 dynamics
  12. 29 Jul 2026, Marginal record Q2 volumes for cleared FXD and US-reported NDFs
  13. 22 Jul 2026, Q2 2026 cleared rates swaps: 17% below the Q1 high but up 23% YoY
  14. 15 Jul 2026, Q2 cross-currency volumes drop 4.3%, while ICAP and BGC gain share
  15. 08 Jul 2026, Q2 2026 shares of D2D platform core rates swaps
  16. 30 Jun 2026, Record Q1 2026 CCP IM disclosures
  17. 24 Jun 2026, US-reported rates swaps compression: up 43% YoY
  18. 17 Jun 2026, Derivatives innovation: FX Initial Margin Optimization, has Capitolis grabbed share?
  19. 10 Jun 2026, US firms powered March 2026 iTraxx swaps volume growth
  20. 03 Jun 2026, How concentrated are swap clearing brokers?
  21. 26 May 2026, Q1 2026 equity TRS volumes: USD up 96%, CNY up 146%
  22. 20 May 2026, Q1 2026 USD swaption volumes – up 14 percent YoY
  23. 13 May 2026, Q1 2026 exchange/CCP shares of cleared rates derivatives
  24. 06 May 2026, Volumes and most active names in credit derivatives – March 2026
  25. 28 Apr 2026, FX derivatives volumes at the end of Q1 2026
  26. 22 Apr 2026, Q1 2026 cleared rates swap volumes and CCP share
  27. 15 Apr 2026, Q1 2026 cross-currency swap volumes and market shares
  28. 06 Apr 2026, Q1 2026 shares of D2D platform core rates swaps
  29. 01 Apr 2026, Swaption volumes by strike – Q4 2025
  30. 25 Mar 2026, What’s new in CCP Disclosures — Q4 2025?
  31. 18 Mar 2026, RFR adoption in major currency rates ETD – 2025 update
  32. 11 Mar 2026, 2025 SDR-reported IR compression
  33. 04 Mar 2026, RFR adoption in cleared rates swaps – 2025 update
  34. 25 Feb 2026, 2025 swaption volumes and market shares
  35. 18 Feb 2026, 2025 rates ETD exchange and CCP competition
  36. 11 Feb 2026, Derivatives innovation: Swap Connect and CNY swaps
  37. 04 Feb 2026, 2025 cross-currency swap volumes and market shares
  38. 28 Jan 2026, 2025 CCP Volumes and Share in IRD
  39. 21 Jan 2026, FX derivatives volumes at the end of Q4 2025
  40. 14 Jan 2026, What’s new in CCP disclosures – Q3 2025?
  41. 07 Jan 2026, Derivatives innovation: RTX and D2D execution automation
  42. 17 Dec 2025, Q3 2025 rates ETD exchange and CCP competition
  43. 10 Dec 2025, Q3 2025 rates swaps CCP competition
  44. 03 Dec 2025, Volumes and most active names in credit derivatives – September 2025
  45. 26 Nov 2025, IRD D2D and D2C platform shares at the end of Q3 2025
  46. 19 Nov 2025, Swaption volumes by strike – Q3 2025
  47. 12 Nov 2025, Derivatives innovation: SOFR futures, TONA futures, MYR swaps
  48. 05 Nov 2025, CRD volumes at the end of Q3 2025
  49. 29 Oct 2025, FX derivatives volumes at the end of Q3 2025
  50. 22 Oct 2025, Rates IM optimization and swaption terminations
  51. 15 Oct 2025, Q3 2025 CCP volumes and share in IRD
  52. 08 Oct 2025, Reset optimization: part 2 – SPS activity
  53. 01 Oct 2025, Reset optimization: part 1 – FRA activity
  54. 24 Sep 2025, What’s new in CCP Disclosures – Q2 2025?
  55. 17 Sep 2025, What’s new in JPY swaps in 2025?
  56. 10 Sep 2025, H1 2025 SDR-reported IR compression
  57. 03 Sep 2025, Volumes and most active names in credit derivatives – July 2025
  58. 27 Aug 2025, GBP swaps – what’s new?
  59. 20 Aug 2025, Q2 2025 CCP volumes and share in CRD and FXD
  60. 11 Aug 2025, FX IM optimization
  61. 06 Aug 2025, Swaption volumes by strike – Q2 2025
  62. 30 Jul 2025, Q2 2025 CCP volumes and share in IRD
  63. 23 Jul 2025, CAD swaps – what’s new?
  64. 11 Jul 2025, What’s new in CCP Disclosures? – Q1 2025
  65. 09 Jul 2025, €STR volumes and market share – May 2025
  66. 02 Jul 2025, How much margin? The 2024 edition
  67. 25 Jun 2025, Q1 2025 CCP volumes and share in CRD and FXD
  68. 25 Jun 2025, What’s new in AUD swaps in 2025?
  69. 18 Jun 2025, Rates IM optimization
  70. 11 Jun 2025, SOFR swap SEF volumes – 2025 to end May
  71. 04 Jun 2025, Swaption volumes by strike – Q1 2025
  72. 28 May 2025, Most active names in Credit Derivatives – April 2025
  73. 21 May 2025, 2024 SEF volumes and share in SOFR swaps
  74. 14 May 2025, 2024 CCP Volumes and Share in CRD and FXD
  75. 14 May 2025, 2024 US SDR-Reported IR Compression
  76. 07 May 2025, 2025Q1 CCP volumes and share in IRD
  77. 22 Apr 2025, What’s new in CCP Disclosures – 4Q24
  78. 12 Feb 2025, 2024 CCP Volumes and Share in IRD
  79. 22 Jan 2025, What’s new in CCP Disclosures – 3Q24?
  80. 19 Mar 2024, SEC Clearing Mandate for US Treasuries
  81. 30 Oct 2019, SOFR Discounting for Cleared Swaps
  82. 14 Aug 2019, Compression in cleared Inflation Swaps
  83. 31 Jul 2019, FXD Counterparty Risk Optimization and Q2 2019 Volumes
  84. 16 Jul 2019, ARRC Vendor Workshop June 28, 2019
  85. 26 Jun 2019, Giancarlo looks to rescind CFTC Cross-border overreach
  86. 05 Jun 2019, Optimising IM in Swaptions
  87. 14 May 2019, Portfolio Conversion of Libor to RFR trades
  88. 22 Apr 2019, ISDA SIMM FX Optimisation: The Data and Alternatives
  89. 10 Apr 2019, ISDA SIMM FX Optimisation and NDFs
  90. 03 Apr 2019, FXOptions Cleared Volumes Up in Q1 2019
  91. 20 Mar 2019, Reducing Counterparty Risk of Uncleared Derivatives
  92. 26 Feb 2019, Will UMR lead to a further material shift to clearing?
  93. 30 Jan 2019, Counterparty Risk: Some way to go for Derivatives
  94. 16 Jan 2019, Title VII 2.0: SEF re-regulation
  95. 16 Mar 2015, Client Portfolios will Dominate CCP Risk
  96. 09 Mar 2015, Why has Global Rates Client Clearing Open Interest Plateaued?
  97. 03 Mar 2015, EU Court Ruling on Euro Zone CCP Residency
  98. 03 Mar 2015, What is the Impact of the BGC Acquisition of GFI?